History repeating itself?
Alastair Harper: Yesterday at Hay Christopher Tyerman was asked if the current situation in the Middle East had any origins in the Crusades.
Haycast 05: Sebastian Faulks and Vivienne Westwood
Sebastian Faulks talks about his new book and Charlotte Higgins looks at Vivienne Westwood's cultural manifesto.
The Hay relay story: chapter six by Blake Morrison
'That was so embarrassing,' George said, unbuttoning his shirt. 'It was meant to be embarrassing,' Maria called through. 'Such an odious man.'
Hay festival diary: I’m intrigued, Faulks is funny and Eyre is disappointed by Blair
From a curious Virginia Woolf tea towel to Sebastian Faulks' book signing and Richard Eyre's new project, all cultural life is here on the Welsh border.
Hay festival: the sound of music
From Beethoven to Hot Chip, this year's Hay festival has been enhanced by the contributions of diverse musicians.
Peel past and present
Martin Kettle: Douglas Hurd's detached view of Sir Robert Peel's achievements, which he presented at Hay, is only sustainable with the benefit of distant hindsight.
Hay festival: Pamuk without the politics
Orhan Pamuk appears in the news pages more often than he does in literary supplements, but at Hay today he only wanted to talk about his novels - and what a treat that was.
Asking the wrong man
Mark Lynas: It was an environmentalist's dream: a captive minister in a hostile crowd at Hay. If only it had been Gordon Brown and not David Miliband.
Mission impossible
Matt Seaton: It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it - edit a liberal newspaper in Israel, that is, as the Hay Festival heard.
Rain on the sidelines
AC Grayling: A discussion with a Labour politician about ID cards was a low point, but thankfully my weekend at Hay was ameliorated by other delights.
The Hay relay story: chapter five by Louisa Waugh
'You step back, darling,' she hissed, and fished something small out of her clutch bag.
Hay festival diary: online but out of time
Hay is a haven of technology: there are cameraphones, laptops, big screen TVs and ubiquitous wi-fi. The only thing I'm short of is time.
Fouling the water
Alastair Harper: In a discussion at Hay, the fate of a swimming pool became a neat metaphor for Zimbabwe's decline.
What the Butler said
Richard Norton-Taylor: Lord Butler left the Hay audience in no doubt that Tony Blair's sidelining of cabinet government enabled in large part the Iraq debacle.
Haycast 04: Poetry special
We review the Poetry Gala and Gillian Clarke gives us a tour of the Poetry Bookshop.